How to detect installed browser from java?

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From: Alex J. Crovetto
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:00

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Does anyone know how to detect an installed browser from a java
application.
I would like to launch the user's browser to view HTML help and
documents
from within a java application. I need a solution that will work on both

Windows NT and Solaris.

Alex

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